UK CASTING NEWS May May 2014 «B» UK CASTING NEWS UK Casting News

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1 May 2014 «B» UK CASTING NEWS

2 1. Feature Films in Preproduction GRIMSBY spy spoof with Sasha Baron Cohen Date shoot starts: Summer 2014 Louis Laterriere James Biddle Lucy Bevan Casting address displayed for subscribers only Big Talk Productions address displayed for subscribers only HIGH RISE * story based on the J G Ballard novel of the same name Date shoot starts: July 2014 Ben Wheatley Richard Thomas Nina Gold Casting address displayed for subscribers only Recorded Picture Co address displayed for subscribers only HOWL horror pic set on a train Date shoot starts: May 2014 Paul Hyett Ed King Puro Casting address displayed for subscribers only Starchild Pictures address displayed for subscribers only IBOY * man wakes from coma with parts of an iphone in his head Date shoot starts: July 2014 Adam Randall Emily Leo Syson Grainger Casting address displayed for subscribers only Wigwam Films

3 LIGHT YEARS young girl looks for her missing mother Date shoot starts: May 2014 Esther May Campbell Samm Haillay Shaheen Baig Casting address displayed for subscribers only Third Films RIDERS, the ** wife and mother goes missing Jahmil Susie Brooks-Smith Miranda Gooch address displayed for subscribers only Trinity Pictures SURVIVALIST, the ** futurist thriller Stephen Fingleton Wayne Marc Godfrey Rose Wicksteed address displayed for subscribers only The Fyzz SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND, a a retired Sherlock Holmes solves one last case Date shoot starts: July 2014 Bill Condon Iain Canning Lucy Bevan Casting address displayed for subscribers only See Saw Films-BBC Films

4 TAKEDOWN story of a kidnapping Jim Gillespie Alex Brown address displayed for subscribers only Studio Eight Productiions TIGER RAID ** mercenaries on a kidnapping raid /Jordan Date shoot starts: Summer 2014 Simon Dixon Gareth Evans Debbie McWilliams Casting address displayed for subscribers only Story address displayed for subscribers only TRESPASS AGAINST US story of three generations of outlaws Michael Fassbender Alastair Siddons Adam Smith Gal Egan, Andrea Calderwood Shaheen Baig Casting address displayed for subscribers only Potboiler Films WOMAN IN GOLD ** refugee wrangles with Austrian government over Klimt paintings Simon Curtis David Thompson Gary Davy address displayed for subscribers only Origin Pictures BBC Films

5 2. Feature Films in Development 47 METERS DOWN divers get trapped in shark-infested waters Johannes Roberts Mark Lane, James Harris Colin Jones Casting address displayed for subscribers only Teashop and Film Co address displayed for subscribers only AUTOPSY crime thriller Date shoot starts: Summer 2014 Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing Andrew Ovredal Ben Pugh, Rory Aitken Syson Grainger Casting address displayed for subscribers only 42 address displayed for subscribers only DAYLIGHT ROBBERY bank heist comedy (London) Nigel Cole James Gay-Rees Susie Figgis 19 Spencer Rise, London, NW5 1AR Playmaker Films address displayed for subscribers only

6 DEADLOCKED ash cloud falls over a city Ryan Tohill Chris Patterson, Paddy McCarney Causeway Pictures address displayed for subscribers only DEEP WATER story of RTW yachtsman Donald Crowhurst Colin Firth, Kate Winslet Scott Burns Scott Burns Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin Blueprint Pictures address displayed for subscribers only ENEMY OF MAN re-working of Macbeth Sean Bean, Jason Flemyng, Rupert Grint, Charles Dance, James D Arcy, Sam Spruell Vincent Regan Steve Harvey, Nick Saunders Hell Kite Films, Milk and One Sugar GOLD story of Seb Coe and Steve Ovett s competitiveness James Watkins Joana Anderson, Vicky Licorish Karen Lindsay-Stewart address displayed for subscribers only AL Films address displayed for subscribers only

7 GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, the story set just after WW2 (London, Channel Islands) Date shoot starts: late 2013 Simon Curtis Mitchell Kaplan, Paula Mazur Michelle Guish address displayed for subscribers only Mazur Kaplan Co address displayed for subscribers only HERETIKS period horror Paul Hyett Mike Riley Sterling Pictures address displayed for subscribers only JUNGLE BOOK, the live action version of the Kipling story Andy Serkis Jonathan Cavendish Imaginarium Studios address displayed for subscribers only KEYS TO THE STREET, the contemporary thriller Julius Sevcik Steve Norris, Gail Mutrux Apollo Productions-Pretty Pictures address displayed for subscribers only

8 KICKBACK thriller about a Moscow detective, Czech, Canada Date shoot starts: Spring 2014 Raza Mallal Kevan van Thompson Shabeena Ayub address displayed for subscribers only Talking Lens address displayed for subscribers only LADY WHO WENT TOO FAR, the period pic about Lady Hester Stanhope + elsewhere David Seidler Tom Hooper Gareth Unwin Bedlam Productions address displayed for subscribers only LARRY AND VIV story of the relationship between Laurence Olivier and Viven Leigh (London) Michael Radford Warren Derosa Elstree Studio Productions address displayed for subscribers only LONDON HAS FALLEN thriller set in London Date shoot starts: Autumn 2014 Gerard Butler Avi Lerner Millennium Films address displayed for subscribers only

9 MESSENGER, the Young man sees dead people Date shoot starts: July 2014 David Blair Terry Stone Gateway Films address displayed for subscribers only MISS YOU ALREADY * two lifelong friends fall out after illness and pregnancy Date shoot starts: Autumn 2014 Morwenna Banks, Paul Andrew Williams Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz Catherine Hardwicke Chris Simon, Felix Vossen Lucy Bevan Casting address displayed for subscribers only Embargo Films address displayed for subscribers only PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN V continuing story, USA Johnny Depp Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg Jerry Bruckheimer Susie Figgis 19 Spencer Rise, London, NW5 1AR Bruckheimer Films-Disney address displayed for subscribers only RISE OF THE KRAYS story of the Kray Twins Paul Tanter Billy Murray Topps Casting address displayed for subscribers only Press On Features

10 ROCKETMAN Elton John biopic Tom Hardy Lee Hall Michael Gracey David Furnish, Steve Hamilton Shaw Jessica Ronane address displayed for subscribers only Rocket Pictures address displayed for subscribers only SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS re-working of Arthur Ransome s children s classic Date shoot starts: Spring 2014 Andrea Gibb Tom and Charles Guard Nick Barton, Suzanne Mackie Shaheen Baig Casting address displayed for subscribers only Harbour Pictures/BBC address displayed for subscribers only TABOO 1813-set story about adventurer James Keziah Delaney Date shoot starts: January 2015 Tom Hardy Ridley Scott Ridley Scott RSA-Scott Free Films address displayed for subscribers only TOM JONES dramatization of Henry Fielding novel Tom Vaughan Janette Day Hubbard Casting address displayed for subscribers only Crossday Productions address displayed for subscribers only

11 WINTER QUEEN, the crime thriller set in Moscow 1876 Location of production: Budapest Fyodor Bondarchuk Peter Hoffman 7 Arts Pictures address displayed for subscribers only ZOOKEEPER S WIFE, the WW2 story based on Diane Ackerman novel Date shoot starts: August 2014 Jessica Chastain Diane Ackerman Niki Caro Michael Tollin, Kim Zubick Tollin Productions address displayed for subscribers only 3. Television Drama 600 DAYS ** TV series comedy about a man in a YOI Ben Kellett James Farrell Jane Ripley address displayed for subscribers only BBC for BBC3

12 BANANA ** TV series (8 x 30 mins) story of a gay couple (Manchester) Lewis Arnold Matt Strevens Andy Pryor address displayed for subscribers only Red Production Co for E4 BROADCHURCH series II TV series 6 x 60 mins crime thriller Date shoot starts: July 2014 Chris Chibnall Richard Stokes VHJ Casting address displayed for subscribers only Kudos C WORD, the ** TV film (1 x 90 mins) story based on Lisa Lynch s book Simon Lewis Andy Morgan address displayed for subscribers only BBC CASUAL VACANCY, the TV series (3 x 60 mins) dramatization of JK Rowling novel (Bristol) Ruth Kenley-Letts Lucy Bevan Casting address displayed for subscribers only BBC-HBO

13 CUT TV series (6 x 45 mins) civil servants are relocated to Northampton Jemma Rodgers KRJ Casting address displayed for subscribers only Clerkenwell Films address displayed for subscribers only DA VINCI S DEMONS series III ** TV series (8 x 60 mins) return of series (Wales) various Matt Bouch Priscilla John address displayed for subscribers only BBC Worldwide-Starz DRIFTERS series II comedy series return of E4 comedy Tom Marshall Sam Pinnell Bwark for E4 GAME OF THRONES series V TV series return of popular drama (Belfast) Bernadette Caulfield Nina Gold Casting address displayed for subscribers only Generator Entertainment address displayed for subscribers only

14 HUMANS TV series (8 x 60 mins) a future where robots and humans are interchangeable Date shoot starts: Autumn 2014 Chris Fry Kudos for Channel 4 address displayed for subscribers only LONDON SPY ** TV series (5 x 60 mins) contemporary thriller Date shoot starts: July 2014 Marc Munden Lynn Horsford Nina Gold Casting address displayed for subscribers only Working Title TV for BBC2 NO OFFENCE TV series bobbies on the beat in Manchester (Manchester) Jonny Campbell Anna Ferguson Crowe Casting address displayed for subscribers only Abbottvision for Channel Four ROYALS, the ** TV series drama based on the British Royal Family Mark Schwahn Brian Robbins VHJ Casting address displayed for subscribers only Lionsgate TV for E! Channel

15 SAFE HOUSE ** TV series (4 x 60 mins) couple run a safe house in the Lake District Date shoot starts: Autumn 2014 Marc Evans Jill Green Eleventh Hour for ITV address displayed for subscribers only SPOTLESS ** TV series (10 x 60 mins) two brothers are both involved in crime but in different ways (London) Date shoot starts: July 2014 Pacal Chaumeil Hugh Warren Priscilla John address displayed for subscribers only Tandem Productions for Canal + TOTALLY SQUARE ** TV series (13 x 30 mins) series about a group of bright 12 yr olds (Yorkshire) Jordan Hogg Sally Martin Channel X for CBBC address displayed for subscribers only UNDER MILK WOOD TV movie dramatisation of Dylan Thomas book (Wales) Kevin Allen Kevin Allen FFatti Ffilms for S4C

16 WAR AND PEACE TV series (6 x 60 mins) dramatisation of novel Date shoot starts: January 2015 Tom Harper George Ormond, Simon Vaughan BBC-Lookout Point TV YOU ME AND THEM series II TV series (6 x 30 mins) return of comedy series (London) Date shoot starts: August 2014 Jimmy Mulville Hat Trick for UKTV address displayed for subscribers only * Updated listing since a previous weekly or monthly edition ** New listing for the monthly edition (may have been previously listed in a UKCN weekly edition) Updates since previous edition(s) in bold italics 2014 UK Casting News. All Rights Reserved. Information contained herein is not to be copied, sold or distributed in whole or in part without the express permission of UK Casting News. All information set out is provided in good faith but may not be accurate at the date of publication. UK Casting News or its owners are not responsible for any errors or omissions. No promise of employment is expressed or implied.